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93015 Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician CPT · Cardiography test
Classification Test Cardiography Electrocardiogram (CMS RBCS)
First observed 2013 — start of our 12-year window; the code predates it
National scale 1.58M services · est. ▲ 0.8% YoY · 767,936 FFS beneficiaries (CY2024, all-Medicare estimate) — 778,779 observed fee-for-service services
CMS descriptor · RBCS classification · Medicare Part B physician/supplier claims, 12-year window · National figures — the MN market is below
Data year CY2024 CY2023 CY2022 locked column CY2021 locked column CY2020 locked column
Market overview
Market Brief 93015
The whole of 93015, written up and sourced.

The Brief is a national document for 93015. Its findings page carries one finding per chapter, each opening the chapter that prints its figure and the table behind it — like these, from Minnesota, CY2024, the market on this page.

  1. 1Size and growth. 6 billing groups and 17 clinicians billed 93015 in Minnesota in CY2024 — ~1,155 all-Medicare services (estimated), 469 observed fee-for-service. The market is down 2.4% year over year.
  2. 2Payment. Half the field lists between $217 and $296 per service; the median group lists $251. Submitted charges are provider-set list amounts, not payments.
  3. 3State benchmarks. Minnesota is the #41 state market of 50 for 93015, and its volume moved +19.8% over five years.
Estimated all-Medicare volume estimate
FFS + estimated MA

~1,874 services

761 observed fee-for-service (41%) · ~1,113 estimated Medicare Advantage.

Scaled from the observed floor by each state’s fee-for-service share (FFS share as of 2024) — scaled estimate — assumes MA utilization mirrors FFS; not an observation. How we scale
National benchmarks

Minnesota ranks #41 of the 50 state markets by est. all-Medicare services for this code — 2.0 services per 1,000 Part B FFS beneficiaries in CY2024.

82 svc (lowest) median 7,660 258,923 (highest)

Each tick is one state market's est. all-Medicare services (scaled estimate) for this code, CY2024, on a value axis — the 50 states and DC; overseas territories are excluded. Rank counts from the highest (#41 of 50 ≈ the 20th percentile). Where each group on this page sits nationally within its specialty renders on its drill-down.

Market position
volume →

Minnesota is a low-volume, growing market for this code — #16 of 50 state markets by 5-year growth, #41 of 50 by est. all-Medicare services.

5-yr change +19.8% CAGR (avg. yearly growth) +8.3%/yr volume #41 of 50 growth #16 of 50
Volume bands are terciles among all state markets for this search, CY2020–CY2024; growth bands are this market's own 5-year change (±2%). CAGR excludes 2020 and the introduction year.
Average charge
per service, submitted list amounts — not payments · named-group basis, observed FFS
Average payment
per service, Medicare paid amounts — not charges · all disclosed claims, observed FFS basis
Charge-to-payment ratio
average list price vs average Medicare payment per service · named-group basis
What they charge

Half the field lists between $217 and $296

Submitted charges are provider-set list amounts, not payments · median $251 (named groups)
Every group, one dot6 billing groups · median $251

Each dot is one billing group — 6 of them list this code

$0$300$600average submitted charge per service, per billing groupmedian $251
One dot per billing group, 93015 in MN CY2024 — average submitted charge per service, provider-set list amounts, not payments. The axis caps near the 95th percentile so the cluster is legible; groups beyond it draw at the cap in accent and are counted on the chart.

Rochester is Minnesota's largest named-group market for this service — drawn to scale

Where the market isbubble = services
Rochester: 269 services · 2 groups · median list charge $378Mankato: 133 services · 1 groups · median list charge $227Robbinsdale: 33 services · 1 groups · median list charge $303Baxter: 17 services · 1 groups · median list charge $275Saint Paul: 17 services · 1 groups · median list charge $214RochesterMankatoRobbinsdaleBaxter
5 of the top 5 billing cities mapped (100.0% of their named-group volume).
Leading city marketsthe map, as a list
1Rochester 269 $378
2 groups · median list charge
2Mankato 133 $227
1 group · median list charge
3Robbinsdale 33 $303
1 group · median list charge
4Baxter 17 $275
1 group · median list charge
5Saint Paul 17 $214
1 group · median list charge
City grain — the group ranking lives below. 5 cities listed.

Every group in this market, placed by list charge against volume

This market’s groups, on one chart6 groups · bubble = services
100One billing groupOne billing groupOne billing groupOne billing groupOne billing groupOne billing group$100$250$500$750$1,000+Average submitted charge per service — list amounts, not paymentsServices per group — 93015, CY2024
One mark per physician group, 93015 in MN CY2024 — marks are unnamed here: a mark’s position is its average list charge, and that figure is part of the platform. Submitted charges are provider-set list amounts, not payments.

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